Letter to the Editor: House members not earning their pay

I spent 32 years of combined military and federal civil service on the federal payroll. In those years and since I have heard more than once how those of us in civil service were over paid or how lousy we did our jobs. Well, I want to compare how I worked 2,087 hours per year, as defined by Reagan's Department of Labor, to the House of Representatives in 2013 and are scheduled for in 2014.

The House schedule is set by the Republicans, and my figures can be verified at http://majorityleader.gov/Calendar. You can access both 2013 and 2014 schedules at this site. I qualify this by saying this is just the House and currently are the days they are scheduled to be is session for 2014 and 2013 in the pretense of taking care of our business.

In 2013, the House was only scheduled to work in session 135 days, or 1,080 hours, or 51.7 percent of what a civil servant has to work or account for in order to get a full pay check. Now in 2014, the House is scheduled to be in session for 86 days, 688 hours or 32.9 percent of a civil servant.

In my opinion this amounts to a political welfare system for our elected representatives. And we all know the Republicans hate or despise welfare. Especially when it is for someone else, perhaps?

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Letter to the Editor: House members not earning their pay

From Delmer Carroll, Mountain Home: I spent 32 years of combined military and federal civil service on the federal payroll.